Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (MB)

Mangalore, Aug 4: Udayakumar (35), a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable hailing from the city who had been posted in Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday was killed in blast of a landmine suspected to have been planted by Naxals.

Son of Sharada and the late Dooma Moolya of KPT area here, Udayakumar was serving in the CRPF over the past 14 years. He was part of a team who were giving a hot chase to a Naxal group on Wednesday night, when they fell victim to a landmine blast. Three of them died and four injured. Udayakumar's family was intimated by 11 pm the same night.

Last reports said that his mortal remains had arrived in Bangalore on Thursday and were to be brought here by Friday noon.

Udayakumar had come on a short leave recently to see his mother who was ill. He got her hospitalized here and left barely 15 days ago with a promise to come back soon.

Youngest in the family, he is survived by his mother, wife Vasanti, two little children, Ritesh (5 years, I Std) and Latesh (3 years, LKG), three brothers and two sisters.